To commemorate Life Flight’s 40th anniversary, former patients and crew members came together to show their appreciation for the lifesaving service. Learn more about Life Flight at spr.ly/6004yOw6I.
Thomas- I am 45 years old and was born in 1976 when Dr. Red Duke and Memorial Hermann Hospital started their Life Flight program. I live in Cassville, Missouri. When I was living in Monett at the time, I went into respiratory failure, I was Life Flighted to Springfield, Missouri at Cox Medical South Hospital by COX AIR CARE. I was 39 at the time.
I was a dispatcher at life flight in the 80's. I worked with a great group of nurses and pilots in the world. It was the greatest experience in my life. it changed my life. Someday i want to go back. i am currently a social worker. I will never forget the greatest professional medical in the world.
Dexter Roberts my grandma was hit by a car back in 2008 when shw was walking out of Food Town in Sugarland and today I still have my grandma and shes ok because memorial hermans life flight heli got her to the hospital and i thank thrm for that.
That's great. 40 years of Life Flight has saved a lot of people. But, for our family, a 20-minute ride in a "Life Flight" ground transportation ambulance, from one Memorial Hermann hospital to Children's Memorial Hermann in downtown Houston -- just 11 miles for a child that was already stabilized, we were charged over $6,000, equivalent to a five-hour stay in the Emergency Room. A standard ambulance, which we were not offered, would have cost less than $1,500. Just out-and-out greed on the part of this "non-profit".
I agree with you. I had a similar experience and was able to negotiate a $22,000 bill down to $13,000. I would suggest offering them $1500 or no payment at all. I personally think "non-profit" entities are worse than for profit businesses...
